Yes You Can! have a Low Cost Funeral with a Green Burial. This article comes from 2001 the year I entered Mortuary School. The main point of the article a low cost funeral and green burial can just as easily be done now as it was then. I found Mr. Matson’s book to be meaningful reading in Mortuary School.
“Guess what? You’re going to die. Not today (with luck), not tomorrow (you hope), but some day. The Grim Reaper waits. Sure, you already knew that, and you try not to think about it. But before you flip the page, let me tell you the problem with death denial (those undertakers who happily profit on death fears can stop reading now). Ignorance may be bliss when it comes to mortality, but it’s going to cost you. Funerals are often more expensive than we expect, but learning about how much the average funeral costs and how to plan a low-cost funeral can really help save you money. If you have a green funeral, it can be relatively inexpensive, as well as better for the Earth.”
Sadly however overall I have found the funeral industry unreceptive to green burials and the Lower Cost Funeral. I still dream however of the day they will be commonplace. Many however are working to make this dream a reality.
Funeral Industry|Funeral News|Funeral blog by Your Funeral Guy.
The super retailer Walmart is now in the Funeral Business. This could be a major blow to the casket companies and an already distressed funeral industry. Walmart is selling caskets ONLINE and acting as an assistant funeral director.
Walmart is selling Caskets on the internet
Contrary to the popular belief the funeral industry is recession proof, the super retailer move indicates a demand for discounted caskets. Many funeral homes in the face of decreasing sales have increased their prices and have been reluctant to embrace lower cost funerals. Not to embrace the low cost funeral now may put the traditional funeral home out of business.
This move is a a plus for the Funeral consumer and negative for traditional casket companies, specifically, Batesville Casket Company, and the York Casket Company.
Come in under the average cost of a funeral, rent the casket
Renting a Casket can help you come in under the average cost of A Funeral. This can be effective in achieving a low cost funeral. After the casket rental and visitation there is usually a cremation. A little known scenario that is often used is a closed casket visitation with a n urn inside! the public does not have to know! Usually the family is informed.
From www.wctv.tv
“Funerals can deal a huge blow to a family’s finances and a few Valdosta funeral directors say there are some people who are cutting funeral costs by renting caskets.
Local funeral directors say families who decide to rent a casket and cremate a loved one rather than buy a casket and bury them can save a few thousand dollars on funeral costs.
For each individual service, cardboard inserts are placed inside the casket.
Only the casket’s outer shell is reused.
Once the service is over, the inserts are removed and taken to the crematorium along with the body.”
Funeral Cost News -On Sunday February 22nd it was reported that an Illinois Lake Zurich Resident stood up to a Funeral Home and the Illinois Funeral Directors Association on an IFDA Preneed Trust policy. Her protest allowed her to recover the principal the family prepaid for a funeral.
Under State of Illinois the Funeral Home must cover the Principal.
The family lost out on the interest on the original money. Because the Illinois Funeral Directors Association is under investigation by the Comptroller of the State of Illinois the family will not be able to pull the principal out of the IFDA Preneed Trust. The family was originally told the principal could be pulled out of the Fund.
I warned folks about this sort of Scenario in my book:
In Order to Become Comfortable Thinking about Death Your Thoughts Must be Changed.
The first thing one has to to do to come in under the average cost of a funeral is to think about death. That is something that our minds just do not want to do.
In order to bring our minds around to acceptance and comfort with the thought of death our mind needs to be tricked or changed.
The best way to trick your mind and get down into your subconscious is to laugh. Yes one needs to laugh about death. It best is to send in clowns or at least one clown with a key to help with your thoughts about death.
No this does not mean that you invite a clown to a funeral although many
Find the Right Clown with Your Personal Key and You Can be Comfortable With Your Thinking about Death
clowns usually show up.
You need to find the Right clown with the Right Key to change your mind so you are comfortable with thoughts about death. It is not all that difficult. The clown though must be a part of your generation.
After you become comfortable thinking about death, coming in under the average cost of funeral is not all that difficult. Laughing is the key.
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“Guess what? You’re going to die. Not today (with luck), not tomorrow (you hope), but some day. The Grim Reaper waits. Sure, you already knew that, and you try not to think about it. But before you flip the page, let me tell you the problem with death denial (those undertakers who happily profit on death fears can stop reading now). Ignorance may be bliss when it comes to mortality, but it’s going to cost you. Funerals are often more expensive than we expect, but learning about how much the average funeral costs and how to plan a low-cost funeral can really help save you money. If you have a green funeral, it can be relatively inexpensive, as well as better for the Earth.”
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